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    Trapdoor question

    I bought a Springfield Trapdoor today and I got some accessories with it and I have no idea what they are. I am attaching pictures in case someone might know what they are used for.
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    Other than the rod, they look like Mosin-Nagant tools.

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    I agree with Cloudy on the MN tools. I have a set that came with my Polish MN carbine.

    Trapdoor combo tools are quite different and depending on the year of issue, vary to some extent. The main tool was a hammer spring container for lock disassembly that also had a screw driver blade and a punch. In the 1888 Ramrod Bayonet model, the bayonet/cleaning rod was threaded at the back end and a "button" screwed on for a cleaning jag. It also came with a reverse rifled plug for cleaning the bore or removing leading or stuck bullets. In the 1888 rifle and I one of the later carbine models, the combo tools were stored in the butstock of the the rifle under a swiveling butplate latch. For all the previous models, they were carried loose by the soldiers.
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    Thanks guys.
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check